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Molt:
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To shed an exoskeleton, scales, feathers, or fur.
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Thorax:
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A body region between the head and the abdomen.
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Cephalothrax:
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A body region consisting of a fused head and thorax
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Abdomen:
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The part of the body that lies between the thorax and the pelvis and encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas. Also called belly.
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Antennae -
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appendages in the head region that provide taste, smell, and touch sensation to most arthropods.
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Compound eye -
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eye composed of many individual lenses.
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Simple eye -
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an eye with only one lens.
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Carapace -
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the portion of an exoskeleton that covers the cephalothorax in some arthropods.
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antennule:
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elongated, movable sensory appendage on the head of various invertebrates.
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chelecera:
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the first pair of appendages in arachnids; used for feeding; poisonous fangs in certain spiders.
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green gland:
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organ that excretes wastes in some malacostracans.
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statocyst:
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an organ of equilibrium in crustaceans.
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Hemolymph-
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-Rather than blood, insects contain a clear or yellowish fluid called Hemolymph that is pumped through the heart toward the head and that then pours through the thorax and back over the abdominal organs
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Malpighian tubules-
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-thin tubules encircling the juncture of the stomach and intestine. These Malpighian tubules extract nitrogenous wastes from the hemolymph and pour them into the intestine for elimination
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Tympanum
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-A membrane-covering chamber in the first abdominal segment that allows grasshoppers to hear
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Order Hymenoptera
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"membranous wing"
- They have 2 pair of membranous wings. - They have adult mouth parts for chewing or siphoning. - They have complete metamorphosis. Examples: Bees, ants, wasps |
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Order Diptera
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"two wings"
- They have one pair of membranous wings and one pair of balancers. - They have adult mouthparts for piercing or sponging. - They have complete metamorphosis. Examples: flies, mosquitos, gnats |
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Larva
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an immature stage in the life cycle of any animals, usually different from the adult.
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Pedipalp
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The second pair of arachnid appendages; used for sensory perception and sperm transfer.
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Trachea
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Tiny tubules in insects and some arachnids that carry air for respiration.
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Gastric ceca
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Finger-shaped organs, attached to an insects's stomach, that secrete enzymes for digestion of food
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Order Orthoptera-
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- "straight wing"
- They have 1 pair of membranous wings and 1 pair of leather-like wings - They have adult mouth parts for chewing - They have incomplete metamorphosis Examples-grasshoppers and crickets |
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Order Coleoptera-
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"sheath wing"
- They have1 pair of horny wings, 1 pair of membranous wings - They have adult mouth parts for chewing - They have complete metamorphosis Example-beetles |
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Order Lepidoptera-
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- "scale wing"
- They have 2 pair of scaly wings - They have adult mouth parts for siphoning - They have complete metamorphosis Example- butterflies, moths |
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ovipositor
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- call Sam
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chrysalis
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- call Sam
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quarantine
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- call Sam
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